Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
When dealing with social media platforms as spaces of activism these sites can be innovative, powerful, and fast-moving at best, and at its worst chaotic and unfocused. The line between these two distinctions is actually slighter than one might realize. This understanding of cyber activism became clearer when faced with the question “What is contemporary ‘blacktivism’ according to Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr/Instagram?”
Being a avid user of the popular blogging platform, Tumblr, and as such well-versed in the language and etiquette of the site, I sought my answer through my dashboard. Tumblr is composed of a endless scroll, comparable to Facebook’s newsfeed, that displays every user you ‘follow”s posts that can consist of either a link, photo, video, mp3, or text file that can be organized by ‘tags’. Like Twitter, there is a give and take between control: you cannot control what users post, but you can control who you follow. You ultimately build up the queue of information displayed on your dashboard.
This rule of thumb on Tumblr already an issue in itself, as it’s not only necessary to have an account to view such information, but it also requires stock knowledge of which users promote social activism the most. Already in this way, Tumblr blacktivism is exclusive in the broader sense of the term. However because I am an established user of 5 years, this constraint only appeared in my thoughts after my study.
Taking into account the formatting and style of the website (and the advantage of 5 years of knowledge), I began my study of 30 minutes scrolling down my dashboard sure that out of my selected 500 some users one would surely post something under the activism tree. After about a minute of scrolling I saw a linked post that described the new case of Ebola in Liberia as an STD. The random post was one centered on awareness, not truly giving a solution to a possible rebirth of the Ebola crisis. And for a while this was the only post I saw. Because Tumblr is composed as a live feed, the minutes I scrolled down the dashboard before I encountered another post for social justice felt like eons.
It wasn’t until I encountered a post by a rather prominent Tumblr user in both the black and activist circles that my research progressed. This individual posted a series of inforgraphics that described the various levels of Israeli settlement on Palestinian territory, the fraught Palestinian citizenship across Israel and Palestine, and general problematic restriction of Palestinian people. The post was significantly informative as most portrayals of Palestine capitalize on the destruction of the Gaza Strip rather than the conditions that provide for this kind of environment, and the surrounding oppressions widespread through out the country. I then opened up another tab in my web browser to later peruse the user’s account, sure of the rich content in store, simultaneously still looking for another possible user to study. Right underneath their post Micdotcom, an active news source, posted GIFs of Porsha Olayiwola’s poem that criticizes the misogynoir latent in police brutality discourse and the general dismissal of the pain black women face at the hands of black men.
Having at least two users under my belt and just ten minutes left of study, I decided to quickly delve deeper into each site. The first user’s activism centered mostly on the personal: crowdfunding for a poor black transwoman, a black family nearing homelessness, and written text posts that criticize various tangents of their multiple jeopardies as a queer transman of color. The text posts all had a least a thousand ‘notes’, which consisted of either likes or ‘reblogs’ (when users repost the content to their blogs). Furthermore you could see a constant rapport developing on these text posts that pursued discourse or fermented friendships. On this given users page the queer community of color was strong and accounted for. Switching tabs to Micdotcom, the website served as a curated collection of black internet activism across platforms. Screenshots of tweets raising awareness against recent police brutalities (#JusticeforJason, #SayHerName to name a couple), gifs of award shows and videos, news clips, and original Tumblr user posts decorated the page. Micdotcom served as a hub of generalized activism rather than specific black communal activist space.
It is in this way that Tumblr both triumphs and fails as a platform for social change. On one hand the site is a space for endless possibilities that allow for news sources and user-created online ‘zines to provide a constant stream of information crucial for social justice. These carefully curated hubs of information are a great start for both users and visitors of Tumblr. One does not need membership to view or message the copious amount of blogs present on the site. However their existence does not necessitate the existence of black community on Tumblr, individual users do. One would need to follow both prominent and random bloggers in the black community on Tumblr. These bloggers, your chosen informants, brothers, and sisters dictate your involvement with blacktivism. They raise causes for “Black Tumblr” to rally against, to raise money for, or even formally petition against on “Change.org”. These bloggers can help you through your journey of understanding matrices of oppression in your daily life, as well as navigate questions of gender/sexual/racial identity through direct messages, text posts, photos and videos open for commentary…..provided that you follow them. In addition to this slight oversight black users cannot be streamlined in the fighting of antiblackness. Some users are a part of “Queer Tumblr” or “Transgender Tumblr”or the dreaded “Barbershop Tumblr” (a part of Tumblr which is characterized by pro-black homophobic misogynoiristic users). Various pockets of Tumblr wholesale ignore some oppressions, such as colorism, to maintain their privilege and membership to the black community simultaneously. Tumblr can be a place rife with the schisms that plague physical activist spaces.
Ethical issues aside, in this sort of research Tumblr even fails in organization. Like Twitter it employs the hashtag system to organize posts, in order to make searches easier for users and non-users, however unlike Twitter, these tags are hardly agreed upon and are used liberally. Users sometimes use the tag system to input their commentary to protect the aesthetic integrity of a post. This so-called ‘talking in the tags’ makes for a chaotic black hole of information that can only be retrieved if you search that particular blogger’s archive. Tumblr has the potential to be a mess of epic proportion.
Ultimately Tumblr as a space for cyber black activism continuously toes the line of innovation and chaos. The ample opportunity for commentary and grassroot movement give Tumblr the chance to make virtual spaces of social justice bleed into the real world. However this is constantly mired by the disorganization, petty squabbles between users, and randomization of posts that is present on the site.
Word Count: 1138
Tags: Assignments, methodologies
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website. Viagra purchase.
남성정력제
Abraham Orielly
I found a great…
Lane Santistevan
I found a great…
Full information about the on the web and disconnected interaction for Delta Airlines Book a Flight, tickets is unequivocally accessible on this page. Other than this, in case you are searching for any further help identified with the flight reservations, then, at that point you can associate with the client service focus of Delta Airlines. From the client care focus, you can acquire any kind of help identified with previously or after flight booking administrations accessible on Delta Airlines Flights.
If you are looking Southwest Airlines Reservations Official Site Group Travel Ticket Reservations to book flight tickets for your group and get huge discounts and offers, you need to do these simple steps. Here are the instructions which you need to follow to book group flight tickets visit our website or click our link.
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website.63
비아그라 파는곳v.
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website.63
비아그라 파는곳v.
best free forex robot
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
casino online free to play
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website.72
카지노 사이트v.
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website.72
카지노 사이트v.
create podcast
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
Hello, I was really shocked after reading your article. There is such a thing. Having said that, do you like playing chess and card games online? If you like, you can play with me.
에볼루션카지노 쿠폰
video production
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
sands 카지노 슬롯꽁머니 슬롯나라주소 가입쿠폰카지노 블랙 잭 사이트 우리 카지노 사이트 호텔 카지노 온라인카지노유니88 카지노커뮤니티벳무브 온라인 카지노 사이트 카지노 주소 에볼루션 카지노 바카라 메리트카지노
Bus Service
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.
Youtu.be
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
I found a great…
dumbest Casino Players
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
https://www.Hiloulla.com
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
exterior painting services toronto
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
SEO Agency NYC
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
Best Auto Accident Lawyer Near Me Pasadena CA
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
bandar togel online terpercaya
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
gps forex robot 2 review
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
best auto accident lawyer Upland Ca
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
How do I use mywifiext
to link a Netgear extender to a local web address?
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website.7
바카라사이트 sv.
Best Auto Accident Attorney Near Me Fullerton CA
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
linked web site
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
이지카지노 슬롯바카라 파라오카지노쿠폰 바카라 전략 카지노 룰렛 안전한 카지노 주소 블랙 잭 온라인 크레이지 슬롯 사이트 바카라 모바일 온라인 카지노 쿠폰 카지노사이트검증유니88 다이 사이 하는 곳 카지노사이트
sm카지노먹튀 파라오카지노가입쿠폰 카지노 바카라 사이트 룰렛 게임 사이트 카지노커뮤니티에스뱅크 더킹카지노사이트 블랙잭게임 맥심카지노 인터넷 카지노 추천 바카라 게임 추천 바카라 페어 바카라꽁 크레이지슬롯
Eliseo Tooke
I found a great…
Catherine Koepp
I found a great…
daydailynew.wpcomstaging.com
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
https://elementcrypto.com/community/profile/namcalder137272
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
http://caphandicap.fr/
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
https://www.certvalue.com/iso-9001-certification-dubai/
The ISO 9001 commonplace offers a high-quality management system (QMS) model for getting and meeting consumer needs and enhancing satisfaction. it’s general and applicable to each quiet organization. ISO 9001 Registration in Dubai could be a mark of guarantee that every item created or sold-out by the business fulfills the standards set at a worldwide level.
DangalGames is the best place for you to be entertained and to make some earnings with real money online games in India. Are you looking for a fun way to kill time and earn money through games? You can easily earn money playing games on DangalGames!
money earning games in india
therapeutic massage Puyallup
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
New application promotion 50% (up to 500 baht) Slot turn 5 times
how to get bonus
1. Register and make a minimum first deposit of 100 baht.
2. Members are entitled to receive a 50% bonus (up to 500 baht).
First entry 50% up to 15,000 baht
For new members who have applied to be able to accept the needs of everyone up to 15,000 baht, there will be new terms and conditions and agreements to the following.
First entry 50% up to 15,000 baht
For new members who have applied to be able to accept the needs of everyone up to 15,000 baht, there will be new terms and conditions and agreements to the following.
look at this site
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
next
like water for chocolate » Blog Archive » Methodologies V: Using and Analyzing Digital Media Sources
I’m a fool to come to such a great place now, but I’m so happy to have your writing.토토사이트
Kaley Lawver
I found a great…
Julio Irestone
I found a great…
Your essay has a clear theme and rich literary sentiment. It deeply moved people’s hearts and resonated. If you are interested, you can take a look at my website. Viagra purchase.
남성발기부전치료법